Do I have to take calculus?

Stats may end up being the most useful class you take in HS.

It is LITERALLY everywhere. Will I get Covid? Why is my car insurance so expensive? How can I get a lower interest rate credit card? Do I need a colonoscopy at age 30? I had unprotected intercourse yesterday- could I be pregnant? There are only 85% of the precincts in my state reporting election data, how can CNN declare who the winner is (with next to total certainty)?

Learning how to interpret the data which is all around you in your daily life is a very powerful tool.

Take stats! If you decide you need or want calculus in college, it will still be there. The world isn’t running out of calculus.

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